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The Kennedy Center plans to shake up the Foggy Bottom hood next season. As part of its 2013-2014 lineup, the center will showcase a global pop music phenomenon. Really? Shizzle, man. A week-long festival, "One Mic: Hip-Hop Culture Worldwide," will feature MCing, DJing, B-Boying and more. The National Symphony will even get in the act, performing with the rapper Nas. And you thought the Kennedy Center didn’t have game. On a more traditional front, Washington’s premiere culture palace will offer the International Theater Festival 2014, with such productions as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by the Bristol Old Vic from England and South...

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